For the past two days, Ji Duoyou has been lying in the district of the palace gate and has not returned home, this whip is not light, thanks to Ji Jieyi's careful care, this is how fast it gets.

Ji Jie said: "General, when you were beaten, I really hung for you, for fear that you would not be able to control your temperament, so in a fit of anger, you snatched the whip and whipped the queen mother back, then it would be bad!" ”

Duoyou smiled and didn't speak, just lying quietly on the kang, thinking about his thoughts.

In the evening, Zhao Bohu had time to come to see Duoyou. He sat on the edge of the kang and took a closer look at Duoyou's injuries, and then he was relieved: "It's not a big deal, it's all skin injuries, and it's a blessing to be whipped by the mother." Seeing that Duoyou seemed to be puzzled, Cai Zhengse said: "Ziliang, I reminded you to stay away from the Queen Mother, but you don't take it to heart." Alas! Woe and blessing rely on, you have passed through this misfortune, and the rumors and rumors outside can be regarded as calming. I hope the king will forget ------ in the future."

Duoyou's heart suddenly moved: Could it be that she deliberately whipped me? Maybe it's just a coincidence, that master is not the same person as the ghost-faced man on the night of the fire night, am I too much heart? ------

In the middle of the night, outside the dormitory of Xuanning Palace, there was a sudden exclamation from the palace maid: "Ah-"

The lady in charge of the palace on duty, Shu Fei, hurriedly rushed over, angrily scolded the little palace maid who was so frightened that she was paralyzed on the ground: "Lighter, Niangniang just fell asleep, what are you screaming?" ”

The little palace maid straightened her eyes, pointed to the place under the eaves of the porch, covered her mouth and did not dare to speak, her eyes were full of fear. The concubine scolded and looked in the direction of her finger-------

A large rat slipped out of the dark depths, its body staggering, its fur wet. The rat stopped, as if to keep its balance, ran forward, stopped again, spun in place, barked softly, and finally fell to the ground, coughing up blood from its half-open mouth.

The uncle looked at it for a long time, then turned to the little palace maid and said, "Isn't it just a dead mouse?" Which palace doesn't have one? Make a fuss and call an inner chamberlain to come and clean up. Tomorrow morning startle the mother, watch your skin. ”

After teaching the little palace maid, the uncle turned around and closed the door of the inner dormitory, and the blood coughed up by the mouse kept flashing in her mind, and she couldn't help retching. A crisp female voice came from inside: "Are you dead?" There are not many words, but they reveal the sadness of the last days.

"It's dead." The uncle forced herself not to think about the appearance of the mouse before she died.

E Yao snorted coldly: "In the future, if they see more such things, they will not be surprised, and they will not be afraid." ”

When Ji Duoyou walked into the district house, that is, the small courtyard where the riding school on duty rested, four or five sergeants were laughing, and a sergeant was running around the yard with a mouse in his hand, and someone next to him shouted: "Whoever goes to get some fire oil, let's burn it!" ”

Slowly, the noisy and noisy courtyard fell silent, and several sergeants stood with their hands down, their faces showing a look of horror and panic. The sergeant who led the rat lowered his head and ran freely, muttering, "Quick, quick, look at my good horse------"

When he passed by Ji Duoyou's side, he also pushed it casually and shouted, "Why are you standing here?" Get in the way while watching ------"

Before he finished speaking, he had caught a glimpse of Duoyou's cold eyes, his face turned pale with fright, and as soon as his hand was loosened, the rat ran to the corner of the wall with the rope on his body, and fled without a trace in an instant.

The sergeant was so frightened that he shuddered, pulled off his shirt, ran in front of Duoyou, and whispered: "The villain knows that he is wrong, but before Sima punishes the villain, can you allow me to explain a few words?" He didn't wait for Duoyou to speak, and said: "It turns out that in recent days, there have suddenly been more rats in Xuanning Palace, which disturbed Niangniang's unstable sleep in the middle of the night. When patrolling yesterday, the uncle and sister stopped the little ones and asked them to help go into the palace to catch mice, so that the queen mother could sleep peacefully at night. The little ones designed to catch the mouse, tied it with a rope, and showed it to the public, so that the other mice would not dare to disturb the mother's sleep. ”

Hearing his "confession", everyone snickered in their stomachs, but they didn't dare to make a sound in front of Duoyou. Ji Jie couldn't help it, pinching his nose and still laughing. Duoyou glared back at him, but what he remembered was another thing: "Xuanning Palace is messing with rats?" How come you've never heard of it? ”

"This ------ may be that the mother is afraid of disturbing others, and besides, it's not a big deal, so she ------"

"Let's go!" Ji Duoyou waved his hand: "Go to Xuanning Palace and have a look!" ”

Turning the corner of the palace wall, you can already see the door plaque of Xuanning Palace. Suddenly, Ji Jie felt soft under his feet, as if he had stepped on something, and when he raised his feet, he saw that it was actually a dead mouse with blurred flesh and blood. Ji Jie let out a "phew" and hurriedly jumped away, rubbing the soles of his shoes on the sand and gravel beside the road. Ji Duoyou looked at his angry appearance and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's bad luck to step on a dead rat. It must have been thrown out of the palace walls by those chamberlains, and I got goosebumps when I saw this thing, it was disgusting. ”

Duoyou snorted, and just wanted to say something, but saw Ji Jie's eyes widen, pointing forward, and exclaiming: "There are two more over there, why are there so many?" ”

Duoyou was shocked, and looked intently, and sure enough, he saw two other dead rats not far in front of him, and their bodies were shriveled, like two dried leaves, half exposed outside the dead leaves, and they had been dead for a long time.

Duoyou's face was solemn, he looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "Ji Jie, tell the brothers to look for it again and see if there is anything else nearby?" ”

When everyone looked for it, they were even more surprised that on both sides of the palace alley, which was only twenty or thirty meters long, more than 30 dead rats were found! These rat corpses are like rolled cakes, with only a thin layer left on the ground, and it is really difficult to find without bothering to look for them.

Ji Jie frowned and said, "Oh my God! How many rats are there in this Xuanning Palace? Should this ------ be reported to the top? ”

Duoyou waved his hand: "Zimu is busy with state affairs, and he shouldn't have to worry about this matter." Let's go see the Queen Mother first and see what the situation is in Xuanning Palace. ”

Unexpectedly, E Yao refused to come forward, but just sent the female officials and concubines around her to come out to receive her.

I only heard Duoyou ask, "When did there be more rats in the palace?" ”

"This ------" Uncle Concubine's eyes flickered: "It's just these two days." Last night, one of my little sisters had a mouse bite on her toe, and my socks were bitten by these wicked people, which was nothing before. Early this morning, I saw two rats swaggering through the market in the courtyard, and they didn't take us seriously, so I couldn't get angry and let the officials enter the palace to help catch the mice------"

"There are more than thirty dead rats outside the palace walls, and their bodies have been dried up, and they have been dead for at least six or seven days. You know what? ”

"Ah-" Uncle Yu was indignant: "These minions are lazy, they caught rats before and told them to dispose of them and bury them, so they threw them out of the wall." Look at me if I don't punish these lazy people! ”

Duoyou asked loudly, "Didn't you say that you only made trouble with rats in the past two days?" Why are so many dead rat corpses done? ”

"This ------ the general is gentle, the slave and maid serve the mother all day long, and the things in the courtyard are not very clear. Niangniang's side, it is true that I only saw mice in the past two days. ”

The meaning was thoughtful, and it was clearly prepared, and Duoyou could only shake his head helplessly.